Improvement in grain-cradle fingers



j. HOUGHTON.-

GrainCradle Finger.

No. 7,840. Patented DeC. 17,-1850.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOEL HOUGHTON, OF OGDEN, NEW YORK.

\ lMPROVEME NT l.N GRAIN-CRADLE FINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 7,840, dated December 17, 1850.

cradle, I shall confinemyself to that part which contains the improvement in the finger.

Letter A represents a metallic plate inserted along in the edge of the finger nearly the whole length of it; B and O, the rods that pass through the fingers to hold them together D, the post or uprightpiece that holds the back end of them E, the clasp, to which the brace is attached; F, the brace. H is a line showing how deep the groove is into which the plate is set.

Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 show the rivets that hold the plate in its place.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-is

The insertion of a metallic plate into the edge of a cradle-finger by means of rivets or other fastenings, so as to keep the plate and finger permanently attached together and in their place, thereby efl'ectuallypreveuting the finger from straining or springing back when used in damp grain, preventing the grain from Wearing it away, and preventing the grain from sliding endwise ofi" the cradle before the cradler gets it round into his own swath.

JOEL HOUGHTON.

Witnesses J. F001, HENRY E. WHITE. 

